McCartney reaches final frontier

November 14, 2005

ANAHEIM, Calif. — NASA astronaut Bill McArthur and Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev were treated to a live wake-up call of a Beatles classic in a first-ever concert linkup to the International Space Station.

On Earth, former Beatle Paul McCartney performed Saturday before a cheering crowd as part of his 11-week "US" tour.

The performance was beamed from the West Coast to the space station crew 220 miles above Earth and broadcast on NASA television, which showed live feeds from space.

McArthur and Tokarev bobbed up and down and sipped from squeeze pouches through the show, getting a rousing cheer from the audience.